Building good mental health

5 things you should know

1. There are many benefits to building and maintaining good mental health.
    

2. There are many things you can do to enhance your mental health, which include engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviours, building and using good critical thinking skills, building resiliency, giving of yourself and cultivating a healthy social network.

3. Learning to identify and change problematic thinking is a vital skill for good mental health.
    

4. When mental health problems arise there are treatment options that can help, which include working with a mental health professional and medications.

5. The social, physical and economic conditions in which you live greatly impact your mental health.